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Improving Nutrition and Increasing Physical Activity

Percentage of Adults Who Are Obese,* by State

1991

States where there were no data available.	States where less than 10% of adults report being obese.	States where 10%–14% of adults report begin obese.	States where 15%–19% of adults report being obese.	States where greater than 20% of adults report being obese.
Kansas Nevada Wyoming	Colorado Georgia Massachusetts Montana New Jersey New Mexico Rhode Island Utah Washington	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Indiana Kentucky Maine Maryland Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Wisconsin	Louisiana Michigan Mississippi West Virginia

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1995

States where there were no data available.	States where less than 10% of adults report being obese.	States where 10%–14% of adults report begin obese.	States where 15%–19% of adults report being obese.	States where greater than 20% of adults report being obese.
		Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Georgia Hawaii Idaho Maine Massachusetts Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington Wyoming	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Delaware Florida Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

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2000

States where there were no data available.	States where less than 10% of adults report being obese.	States where 10%–14% of adults report begin obese.	States where 15%–19% of adults report being obese.	States where greater than 20% of adults report being obese.
		Colorado	Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming	Alabama Arkansas Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas West Virginia

*Body mass index greater than or equal to 30 or about 30 pounds overweight for a 5'4" person.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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This page last reviewed August 10, 2004

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion